Little Dragon

Chapter 24:

Little Dragon

Authors Note: Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Happy New Years and a happy birthday to me and anyone else!

I am so so so sorry for the wait everyone! It's been extremely hectic here and I have had zero access to any form of electronics besides an old flip phone that I could read on. :( Fear not however! I have indeed been writing! (In a spiral notebook, just as how I had written the first few of these past chapters). Other than the lack of computer access, I am also afraid that it would have taken a while for me to update regardless. Not only has winter rolled in and decided my driveway is the perfect place for an iced over snowdrift to settle every night but my grandfather also went into the hospital due to heart issues. Don't worry, he's perfectly fine now! Besides that it has been decided that my family and I are going to be moving to Arizona, so my free time has been a little dominated by going through the house and beginning the process of deciding what to take with us.

Huge thank you to everyone for the support you have given me these last few weeks and major kudos to Sarah for posting that note for me! I swore to myself that I wouldn't do it but alas it was unfortunately necessary. :(

Anywhozles~! Enough of this extremely long AN and onto the story!

Oh! There's a nice little scene featuring a semi jealous Charlie at the end as a special gift in thanks for your patience with me! :3

Disclaimer: JK Rowling writes Harry Potter fanfictions and you don't see her putting up a disclaimer! I don't own this, never will. I do however own my daydreams of JK Rowling reading Harry Potter fanfictions just like the rest of us... In other news, if our dear beloved Rowling is reading this will you message me? Hint that it's you? Review as one of the characters? Something!?

In other news I own only my guilt at my lovelies poor wait. :'(

Chapter 24: Of Letters and Plans

It was a typical day at the Romanian Dragon Reserve, the sun was shining brightly as the various wildlife who were willing to brave the dragons frolicked about throughout the grounds.

It was truly amazing to watch the interactions between the fierce and deadly creatures that the dragons presented and the more often then not purely mundane creatures which would play with abandon. If only the Ministry could see this side of the dragons instead of the fierce and vicious monsters which they would have you believe.

Yes, the dragons were deadly and each of the handlers had their fair share of burns and scars but more often than not they were caused by the younger hatchlings or those facing grief for a lost mate, anger over territory or after being provoked.

One of these dragons which had been the cause of many burns as of recently was the currently distraught mother, Strom.

Charlie Weasley seemed to be the only handler whom she hadn't tried to roast alive and as such he had been put onto 'Mommy Watch' as it were and had taken to spending his days with the mother in an attempted to console her.

Shocking not only the others at the reserve but himself as well, Strom had allowed him close to herself and, when he had explained that they wished to check on the health of the other eggs she had even allowed him close enough to the clutch of eggs to successfully perform the check up as well as to physically examine them.

The only thing that they could think of to explain this strange and unheard of behavior was Charlie's close relationship with Harry. Whatever Harry and the newly dubbed 'Strom' had spoken about, it had undoubtedly caused some form of bond between the two and subsequently Charlie as well.

Not only had this good fortune given the handlers on the reserve an invaluable access and safeguard towards the Norwegian Ridgeback mother but had also brought about numerous breakthroughs in the study of the behavior of dragons but had also proven many theories which had been hotly contested throughout the years for lack of study. The largest of these breakthroughs being that dragons could not only understand when they were being spoken to or about but also that they could understand exactly what was being said as proven by Strom's cooperation on various aspects which Charlie would have to perform but also by her reactions to when Charlie would speak to her and tell her stories whenever he was bored or there was a lull in the day.